Automatic fishing device



Oct, 30, 1951 y s. RAMIREZ 2,573,357

AUTOMATIC FlsHING DEVICE Filed Maron 29, 1949 2 SHEETS- SHEET 1 IN VEN TOR.

Oct. 30, 1951 s. RAMIREZ AUTOMATIC FISHING DEVICE INVENTOR. @AM/@.sz,

2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 Filed March 29, 1949 Patented Oct. 30, 1951v UNITED "S TATIES PATENT F FICE AUTOMATIC FISH-ING DEVICE Salvador Ramirez, Chicago,v III.

AppiieationMarch 29, 1949, serial No. 84,073

2 Claims.

This Yinvention relates to an automatic-'fishing device, and more `particularly to an automatic nshing device for la trolley Vline yused in 'shing.

It is an object Yof this invention to provide 'a spring arm connected "to -a'shing or hook line whereby tensioning of the `fishing Aline will actuatea trigger to release the spring arm for swinging to jerk Aa A'hook line fand thereby embed ahook on the line in the biting fish.

Another obj-ect of this invention is to'provide 'an :automatic shing Adevice of the kind to be more particularly Adescribed hereinafter having a 'sensitive Atrigger vdevice "for releasing vthe springpressed lever arm on which the fishing line :is attached for embedding a-hook iin `the iish.

' Still another object of this 'invention is Ito provide an automatic fishing 4device of this kind which may be readily `reset after being released by one catch, the `device being light in weight, simple and eilicient in operation, 'and sensitive for actuation by a very light drag on the fishing line.

With 'the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction `disclosed in the drawings and specication, and `then more .particularly `pointed out in the appended claims.

In fthe drawings:

Figure 1 is a side 'elevation -of the automatic n'shin'g device constructed 'according toan embodiment of my invention, showing the extended trolley line and hook line engaged thereon, the s'pringlpre'ss'ed arm beingI shown in the cocked or -set lposition;

Y Figure `2 i's a're'ar elevation, .partly broken away, showing the automatic Yiishing vdevice in the re- .leased position;

Figure A3 iis a side elevatiompartly'broken away, o'f'the automatic fishing 'device shown in Figure 2;

Figurel 4 is a fragmentary, detail section, partly broken away, taken on the line 4 4 of Figure-2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral im designates the illustrated automatic shingdevice, constructed according to 'an embodiment `"of `my invention. The "automaticv fishing device involves asupporting member I-I 'formed` of an elongated frod or post which `is adapted Ato be engaged in the ground in such a manner that the pole will extend vertically upwardly from the ground, being securely anchored therein. The automa-tic shing device I-II is particularly designed fa-nd adapted for use with 'a trolley `-line,-the -trolleyline being L"Secured to the extreme pperend-o'fthesupport# 2iiig*nen'ibe'rlor-post :I I. Y l' member II andthe irli'ajordength vof -the Ytrolley 5 i line is 'adapted to be cast or thrown outwardly from the position or point Yfrom which the shing-is to -be done. A hook or anchor I4 is -ix'ed to the extreme outer end of 'the trolley line I2, and in the use of the automatic v'iislfiing device 'YI 0, the anchor member I4 is initially cast vo'if tof-'a desired or selected position, and then the 'trolley line I 2 'is :engaged for fsecuredfonfthe vupper tend of the supporting member `IfI. A fishing line lI5 is provided l'with a sinkerfl at fone -eiid"thereoffv, the sinker 'I6 having a pair of pulleys 'TH :which are adapted to be engaged-on the ftrolleyfline' I2 so 'tl-iat the-sinker 'may fbe ifreely extended along the vlength of the trolleyline :a'ftei' the-latter has` been secured in itsdesired position.

A plurality of leaders I8 having the fishing spaced -apart, "elongated 'Wire Ymeiribe'rs 2l secured together at their fex-trfeine Souter -end'sin 'a iiianner to form a loop'l22 -on which the hook-carrying shing'line -'I5is' adapted 'to be secured. ."T'heinner or upper end of the'lever '-2'!) Iis forniedl to provide a yoke- 24, having a Jpair of spaced-apart s'ide arms 25 and'. The Ilever arm 2'I is adapted to be secured to, or `formed integrally with the lower end ofthe yoke 24,'whereas 'fthe other @side of the yoke '24 'adapted to be pivotally mounted on a pivot pin 'fcarried by the rearrsideof'fthe supporting member fifi. A helical'spring l21 is circurnposed on the `pivot pin 2B 'and has an intermediate portion engaging the rear side of the post II, and has arms at its ends enga-ging the side 'arms v2-5 and 2E of the yoke 2d. The spring 2l tensions the lever "'Z' downwardly and forward# ly 'into engagement with the post II v'below the pivot 26. Ina rearwardly `upswung position fof 'the lever 2D, the spring- AA2.? is considerably tensioned, so when the 'lever 2i) is released romthe locking mechanism` therefor, to bek described hereinafter, the 'spring l2'! will press the-lever v270 ma -pivted marmer @been the'pin is.

l A dog 2s is pn/ated anni@ @estremamente `I'I above the-pivot 'pin 26 lon Whichtheleveri is swingably mounted. The dog 28 is formed of an elongated bar or lever arm formed with a pair of upwardly-opening hooks 29 and 30 at the upper end thereof` One of the hooks, as the hook 36, is adapted to provide a pivot means for supporting the dog 28 on the supporting member II. The hook 3l) is adapted to engage on a transverse bar or pivot pin 3l carried by a pivot-pin-supporting member 32 fixed to or embedded in the supporting member II. The other hook 29 vis adapted to engage the locking bar 34 carried by the lower end of the yoke 24.

A trigger 35 is pivotally mounted on the pivot pin 26, for the swingable arm 2D. The trigger 35 is formed as an elongated lever pivoted intermediate the length thereof. The upper arm 3S of the lever 35 is substantially U-shaped in crosssection, extending on the opposite sides of the dog 28. The lower end of the dog 28 is adapted to be loosely positioned between the side arms 3I of the U-shaped upper end of the lever 35, and to extend downwardly through an opening 38 in the bight portion 35. The opening 38 is substantially rectangular in configuration, and extends along the length of the bight portion 39 to a point adjacent the pivot pin 26. The top surface of the trigger 35, at the lower end of the opening 38, is formed with a downwardly-inclined seat 4D on which the lower end 4I of the dog 2 8 is adapted to be engaged in the cocked or set position of the automatic fishing device IB. The cocked position of the lever-releasing mechanism is shown in dotted lines in Figure 4 of the drawing. The lower arm 42 of the trigger 35 is formed with an opening 44 therein through which the end of the triggering line 45 is adapted to be exl tended for securing the ends of the triggering line 45 to the lower end of the lever arm 42 of the trigger 35.

In the use and operation of the automatic shing device I0, the trolley line I2 is initially positioned by casting the anchor I4 outwardly from the point from which the iishing is to be conducted. With the trolley line I2 extended, the inner end of the line is secured to the extreme upper end of the supporting member I I, engaged in the ground or otherwise suitably nxed. The fishing or hook line I is then placed in position by engaging the pulleys I1 of the weight I6 on the trolley line I2 and letting the weight I6 roll down along thelength of the trolley line. When the weight I6 has reached a determined or selected depth in the water, the upper end of the hook line I5 is extended through an opening 4B adjacent the extreme upper end of the supporting member I i. After being extended rearwardly through the opening 46, the extreme upper end of the shing or hook line I5 is secured to the eye 22 on the outer or lower end of the lever arm 20. A trigger line 45 is then connected at one end to the lever arm 42 of the trigger 35 and at its other end to the hook line I5 adjacent the supporting member II. With the hook line I5 extended, the trigger line 45 will normally be slightly stretched.

For cooking the iish trap II), the lever is swung rearwardly and upwardly about the pivot pin 26 and this tensions the spring 21. The lever 20 is adapted to be raised to a position in which it engages the rear surface of the supporting member II above the pivot 26 so that the locking bar 34 is disposed above the pivot 26 to be engaged by the hook29 on the dog 28. For engaging the hook 29 onA the dog 34, with the lever 20 in its raised position, the dog 28 is slightly raised forwardly lor outwardly about the pivot seen thata pivoted movement lof the lower end 42 of the trigger 35 toward the supporting member II will move the seat downwardly and outwardly out of engagement with the locking dog 28, so that the spring tension, acting on the lever 2U, will bias the dog 28 to lever-disengaging position and then snap the lever 2D from its set or cocked position downwardly for overlying the outer surface of the supporting member I I below the pivot pin 26. In order to provide a very sensitive automatic fishing device of this kind, the trigger-actuating line is extended through an opening 4l in the supporting member II substantially in alignment with the opening 44 in the trigger 35 so that very little friction is caused to exist on the trigger-engaging line 45.

I do not mean to connne myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim: v

l. Ina nsh trap, a vertical post having front and rear sides, a horizontal pivot pin mounted on the rear side of the post, a lever arm having an end pivoted on said pin and a free end, said lever arm being arranged to be swung upwardly from a depending uncooked position below said pivot pin to a cocked position above said pivot pin along the rear side of said post, a hook line extending rearwardly through a rst opening provided in said postv and secured at its rearward end to the free end of said lever arm, a dog piv-y oted on the rear side of said post above said pivot pin and arranged to engage said lever arm in its cocked position, spring means acting between said post and said lever arm and normally urging said lever arm toward the rear side of said post in the uncooked position thereof, said spring means being arranged to be tensioned by upward swinging oi said lever arm to its cocked position, a trigger pivoted on said pivot pin and with which said-dog is engageable whereby said dog is, maintained in engagement with said lever arm so as to maintain said lever arm in its cocked position against the tension of said spring means, and a triggering line extending rearwardly through a second opening provided in said post and connected to said trigger whereby a forward pull upon said triggering line can move said trigger to release said dog from engagement with said lever arm so as to permit said spring means to swing said lever arm rearwardly and downwardly and exert a rearward pull upon said hook line.

2. In a fish trap, a vertical post having front and rear sides, a horizontal pivot pin mounted on the rear side of the post, a lever arm having an end pivoted on said pin and a free end, said lever arm being arranged to be swung upwardly from a depending uncooked position below said pivot pin to a cocked position above said pivot pin along the rear side of said post, a hook line extending Yrearwardly -through a first opening provided in said post and secured at its rearward end to the free end of said lever arm, adog piv-f oted on the rear side of said Vpost above-said pivot pin and arranged to engage saidleverfarmfin-vzits Y cocked position, spring means acting between said post and said lever arm and normally urging said lever arm toward the rear side of said post in the uncooked position thereof, said spring means being arranged to be tensioned by upward swinging of said lever arm to its cocked position, a trigger pivoted on said pivot pin and with which dog is engageable whereby said dog is maintained in engagement with said lever arm so as to maintain said lever arm in its cocked position against 10 the tension of said spring means, and a triggering line extending rearwardly through a second opening provided in' said post and connected to said trigger whereby a forward pull upon said triggering line can move said trigger to release said dog from engagement. with said lever arm so as to permit said spring means to swing said lever arm rearwardly and downwardly and exert a rearward pull upon said hook line, said rst REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,975,385 Bachus Oct. 2, 1934 2,100,925 Stilson Nov. 30, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 602,411 Germany Sept. '7, 1934 820,041 France July 19, 1937 

